What's your culture quotient? You get 1 point for each of the first ten questions. For No. 11, the really hard one, you get 2 points.

Borobodur.

1. Technology. A high resolution image has more pixels than a low resolution image.
    [    ] True.      [     ] False.

2. Pop Culture. Star Wars composer John Williams also conducted which orchestra:
   a. Boston Pops.  b. Hollywood Bowl.  c. New York Philharmonic. d. Marine Corps Band.

3. Music. Scott Joplin was born in 1868 in which state?
   a. Louisiana.  b. Texas.  c. Arkansas.  d. New York.

4. Art. "Las Meninas," a painting in the Prado, is by:
   a. Velazquez.  b. Da Vinci.  c. El Greco.  d. Picasso.

5. Words. The opposite of "obsequious" is:
   a. helpful.  b. fawning.  c. loquacious.  d. tyrannical.

6. Language. "We had a tete-à-tete [TETT-ah-TETT] meeting" means?
   a. private.  b. lengthy.  c. boring.  d. quick.

7. Science. The Wright Brothers went to Kitty Hawk because of:
   a. the ocean.  b. the temperature.  c. convenience.   d. the wind.

8. History. The 30 Years’ War occurred in which century?
   a. 10th.  b. 13th.  c. 17th.  d. 19th.

9. Travel. Borobodur [BORE-uh-boh-DUR] is a gigantic Buddhist monument in:
   a. Malaysia.  b. Indonesia.  c. India.  d. Tibet.

10. Quotation. Who said, "God is in the details"?
   a. Ann Landers.  b. Mies van der Rohe.  c. Ingmar Bergman.   d. Haile Selassie.

11. Stumper. What's the standard frequency today for A above middle C?
   a. 256 Hz.  b. 512 Hz.  c. 440 Hz.  d. 315 Hz,

Scoring
9-12: Ph.D.
7-8: M.A.
5-6: B.A.

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